1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season
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Ballpark | Bank Street Grounds |
City | Cincinnati |
Owner | Justus Thorner[1] |
Manager | Pop Snyder |
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The 1882
Regular season
Before the season began, the Red Stockings named catcher
Carpenter had a breakout season, as he led the AA with 67 RBI and 120 hits, and led the Red Stockings with a .342 batting average. Snyder hit .291 with a homer and 50 RBI, while Joe Sommer hit .288 with a homer, 29 RBI and a team high 82 runs, while leading the league with 354 at-bats. On the mound, White returned to his 1879 form, as he led the AA with 40 wins, while posting a 1.54 ERA in 480 innings pitched.
The Red Stockings lost their first ever game, as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys defeated Cincinnati 10–9 at Bank Street Grounds. The team hovered around the .500 level, as they had a record of 8–9 record in their first 17 games, sitting in fourth place. The Red Stockings then went on a 10-game winning streak and rose to first place in the American Association. Cincinnati stayed hot for the rest of the season, finishing with a 55–25 record and winning the American Association pennant, 11.5 games ahead of the second place Philadelphia Athletics.
Season standings
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Cincinnati Red Stockings | 55 | 25 | 0.688 | — | 31–11 | 24–14 |
Louisville Eclipse | 42 | 38 | 0.525 | 13 | 26–13 | 16–25 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 34 | 0.547 | 11½ | 21–18 | 20–16 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 39 | 39 | 0.500 | 15 | 17–20 | 22–19 |
St. Louis Brown Stockings | 37 | 43 | 0.463 | 18 | 24–20 | 13–23 |
Baltimore Orioles | 19 | 54 | 0.260 | 32½ | 7–25 | 12–29 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | CIN | LOU | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||||||||
Baltimore | — | 2–14 | 3–13 | 4–7 | 7–7–1 | 3–13 | |||||||||||
Cincinnati | 14–2 | — | 11–5 | 10–6 | 10–6 | 10–6 | |||||||||||
Louisville | 13–3 | 5–11 | — | 5–11 | 10–6 | 9–7 | |||||||||||
Philadelphia | 7–4 | 6–10 | 11–5 | — | 6–10 | 11–5 | |||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 7–7–1 | 6–10 | 6–10 | 10–6 | — | 10–6 | |||||||||||
St. Louis | 13–3 | 6–10 | 7–9 | 5–11 | 6–10 | — |
Game log
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May: 8–8 (Home: 3–3; Away: 5–5)
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June: 12–2 (Home: 11–1; Away: 1–1)
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July: 11–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 9–3)
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August: 11–6 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–4)
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September: 13–5 (Home: 7–4; Away: 6–1)
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Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Pop Snyder | 72 | 309 | 90 | .291 | 1 | 50 |
1B | Dan Stearns | 49 | 214 | 55 | .257 | 0 | 35 |
2B | Bid McPhee | 78 | 311 | 71 | .228 | 1 | 31 |
3B | Hick Carpenter | 80 | 351 | 120 | .342 | 1 | 67 |
SS | Chick Fulmer | 79 | 324 | 91 | .281 | 0 | 27 |
OF | Joe Sommer | 80 | 354 | 102 | .288 | 1 | 29 |
OF | Jimmy Macullar | 79 | 299 | 70 | .234 | 0 | 22 |
OF | Harry Wheeler | 76 | 344 | 86 | .250 | 1 | 29 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Harry Luff | 28 | 120 | 28 | .233 | 0 | 6 |
Phil Powers | 16 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 5 |
Rudy Kemmler | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Tug Thompson | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Tierney | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Will White | 54 | 480.0 | 40 | 12 | 1.54 | 122 |
Harry McCormick | 25 | 219.2 | 14 | 11 | 1.52 | 33 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harry Wheeler | 4 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.40 | 10 |
References
- ^ "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.